Former president's daughter found dead

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The body of the kidnapped daughter of former President Raul
Cubas has been found, months after she was abducted in the South
American country's highest-profile kidnapping.

An autopsy was being conducted.

Attorney-General Oscar Latorre, speaking to Radio Mil, said the
body of Cecilia Cubas had been found in a house on the outskirts of
Asuncion and identified through dental records.

"Preliminary studies show that the body is that of Cecilia,"
Latorre said.

The body was taken from a house on the outskirts of the capital
late yesterday to an Asuncion morgue for an autopsy. Raul Cubas and
his wife, as well as President Nicanor Duarte, had rushed to the
site where the body was recovered.

Cecilia Cubas was seized by heavily armed gunmen in a
commando-style operation last September.